Meet the New Council Members
Join us in welcoming two new members to the School of Management’s Dean’s Executive Council: Nigel Kershaw and David Meline!
Nigel is the chief financial officer of Lucky Brand Jeans. Lucky Brand was established in 1990 and is known for its Americana, rock and roll and motor heritage. In 2014, Lucky Brand was acquired by Leonard Green and Partners (a private equity fund). The newly hired management team, with Nigel leading the Finance and Accounting functions, was tasked with establishing the corporate operations in Los Angeles previously consolidated with the former parent company on the East Coast. The new departments were hired and a cloud based ERP system was designed and implemented with completion in 2015. These successful efforts, earned Nigel the honor of LA Business Journal’s coveted CFO of the Year award in 2016. Prior to Lucky, Nigel spent time as chief financial officer at Cabi, LLC, and seven years at Guess, Inc. where he helped build a multi-billion dollar, global business with sales in more than 90 countries. Before joining Guess, Nigel was director at The Walt Disney Company overseeing the global reporting and consolidation and transaction support functions. He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, first in the audit division and later in the Transaction Services M&A division. While at PWC, he spent time working in the Los Angeles, London and South African offices. Mr. Kershaw holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and is a chartered accountant and CFA.
David W. Meline joined Amgen in 2014 as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Meline is responsible for Amgen’s finance, information systems, global business services and investor relations.
Prior to Amgen, Meline was senior vice president and chief financial officer at 3M. Before joining 3M, Meline had been at General Motors, serving in various capacities including vice president and chief financial officer for GM North America. He had also held senior-level positions with GM Europe in Switzerland, GM Daewoo in South Korea, GM Brasil, GM Kenya, and at GM’s New York office in the company’s treasurer’s office. Meline began his career at AT&T Corporation as a product design engineer.
Meline is a member of the board of directors of ABB (ASEA Brown Boveri), a Swiss multinational firm, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University, a Master of Science in economics from the London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom, and an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago.
Please join me in welcoming Nigel and David to the School of Management family!
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